NINTENDO 3DS: THIS THREAD IS DEAD! POST IN THE NEW ONE!

MNC Dover

Welcome to the Nintendo 3DS thread!

Behold the New Nintendo 3D!



The "New Nintendo 3DS" has been announced. Short, but sweet details below:

Slimmer design

Faster CPU

Wider field of view for 3D

Micro SD Card slot

Better quality screens
new Nintendo 3DS has custom faceplates (the XL does not)

And here's a quick video to prove it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1cwg6mUhAg


This is the thread for general 3DS discussion. To keep the conversation from getting too busy, try to look for other threads before posting about something in here. For example, the eShop Thread is a good place to talk about Nintendo digital store. Big game releases like Mario Kart or Zelda also tend to have their own threads. There's no hard rule against discussing those games in here, but this is a nice place to talk about smaller titles that would be unable to sustain their own threads, and obviously those larger games can easily crowd everyone else out. Finally, don't be discouraged from making game-specific threads if you feel it warrants attention. This is sort of a catch-all thread.


Games, Games, Games!


Great 3DS games that you should totally own (in no particular order):

Cave Story
Super Mario 3D Land
Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars
Super Street Fighter 4 3D
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Star Fox 64 3D
Shinobi
Nano Assault
Sonic Generations
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked
Mario Kart 7
Dead or Alive: Dimensions
Resident Evil: Revelations
Tekken
Tales of the Abyss
Kid Icarus Uprising
Rhythm Thief
Kingdom Hearts: Drop Dream Distance
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Mario Tennis Open
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Monster Hunter 3: Ultimate
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror Fate
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Etrian Odyssey 4
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
Shin Megami Tensei 4
Pokemon X/Y
Rune Factory 4
Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Mario Golf: World Tour
Yoshi's New Island
Mario Party
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy
Professor Layton VS Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
Tomodachi Life
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Fantasy Life
Monster Hunter 4
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Super Smash Bros
NES Remix
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Xenoblade (New 3DS only!)


Upcoming games to look out for in the future:
Persona Q
Bravely Second
Fire Emblem: IF


eShop, Virtual Console, DSi, and Club Nintendo games


The Nintendo eShop

Plenty of games, movies, and apps to be found here. Download Virtual Console and DSi games, movies trailers, demos, or try out some new 3D remakes of classic games. For a complete list of games available, click on this link.

Download Full Games!

With the release of New Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo has finally stepping into THE FUTURE and offering their "full" retail games as digital downloads. Just slap in an SD card, and you're good to go. Death to the cartridge!

Great eShop games that you should totally own (in no particular order):

Twin Bee
Mighty Switch Force
Pushmo
Crashmo
VVVVVV
Zen Pinball
Mutant Mudds
Kid Icarus
Sakura Samurai
Liberation Maiden
Excitebike
Bomb Monkey
Kirby's Adventure
NightSky
HarmoKnight
Dillion's Rolling Western
Dillion's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger
Unchained Blades
Picdun 2
Gunman Clive
Cave Story
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (eShop)
Ace Attorney 5
Mutant Mudds 2
Azure Strike Gunvolt
Mighty Gunvolt
Shovel Knight
Scram Kitty on his Buddies on Rails
Kirby Fighters Deluxe
Squids Odyssey
Picross E1-4
Weapon Shop De Omasse
Steel Diver: Sub Wars
Steamworld: Dig


Virtual Console games

You can download older games on the 3DS. Classic portable systems such as the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, and the TurboGrafx-16 and NES. For a complete list of games available, click on this link.

Great VC games that you should totally own (in no particular order):

Super Mario Land (GB)
Donkey Kong (GB)
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (GB)
Metroid II: Return of Samus (GB)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (GBC)
Blaster Master: Enemy Below (GBC)
Tetris (GB)
Gradius (NES)
Ghost and Goblins (NES)
Wario Land (GB)
Goemon (GB)
Mole Mania (GB)
Mario Golf (GBC)
Kirby's Dream Land (GB)
Castlevania (NES)
Megaman 1-3 (NES)
Legend of the River King (GBC)
Super Mario Bros (NES)
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
The Legend of Zelda: The Adventures of Link (NES)
Donkey Kong Jr. (NES)
Punch Out!! (NES)
Ninja Gaiden (NES)
Mighty Bomb Jack (NES)
Super Mario Bros: Lost Levels (NES)
Super C (NES)
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (GBC)
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (GBC)
Shantae (GBC)
Castlevania III (NES)



DSi games

Older DSi games are also available for download on the 3DS as well. There are plenty to choose from and, to make everyone's life easier, our own UncleSporky has created a list of some of the best games to get. Here is a site that reviews DSiware games.The only site I know of that reviews every DSiware game

Great DSi games that you should totally own (in no particular order):

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventure
Shantae: Risky's Revenge (amazing platformer)
Art Style: AQUITE/AQUIA (puzzle game with a neat aesthetic)
Art Style: PiCTOBiTS (pixel puzzle game)
Dark Void Zero (old school platformer)
X-Scape (first person space shooter thing)
Dr. Mario Express (classic puzzle game)
Puzzle Challenge Express (classic puzzle game)
Photo Dojo (simple but hilarious 2 player fighting game)
Rayman (classic 2D platformer)
Mighty Flip Champs! (platform puzzler)
Alphabounce (long, extensive brick-breaking RPG)
Soul of Darkness (quality Castlevania knockoff)
Inchworm Animation (full featured animation studio)
Ivy the Kiwi? Mini (weird little platform puzzler)
Mighty Milky Way (gravity-based puzzler from the Shantae people)
Dragon Quest Wars (tiny strategy game)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (great puzzler)
Castle of Magic (action platformer)
Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ (just...what)
Chronos Twins (interesting dual screen mechanic action game)
Plants vs. Zombies (duh)
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (if you haven't played it yet)
Viking Invasion (tower defense)
Gaia's Moon (side scroller action)


Free games via Club Nintendo:

Nintendo is now allowing players to buy download games for their Wii, DSi, and 3DS via the Club Nintendo website. All first party games, and some third party titles, offer codes that you can enter on the official Nintendo website. Fill out a survey and earn coins (and an additional follow-up survey for extra coins). The coins can buy a variety of posters, cases, and various neat stuff. But the games are where it's at. Every month, Nintendo is offering up four games to download.


Featured Applications:

Nintendo Video: A free download app that randomly adds short 3D movies to watch. Blue Man Group, College Humor, and Dreamworks have all contributed.
Netflix: Link your account to your 3DS to watch (2d) movies on the small screen.
Hulu Plus: Just like Netflix, link your account to watch TV shows on the go.
3D movie recording: Record up to 10 minutes of 3D footage and upload it to youtube.
Game demos: Download demos of upcoming 3DS releases.
System Transfer: Transfer information from an existing DS, DSi, or 3DS to a 3DS. Great for when the inevitable redesign hits the scene.
A full list of additional built-in software can be found on Nintendo's 3DS site.


Other final things to do/know as a 3DS owner:


Connect with fellow PA people

Sir Ultimos has created a friend code matching system for us to easily connect with each other. Check it out: Sir Ultimos web site and friend code matcher.


Transferring data from the installed SD card to a bigger one


Description:
Step by step instructions on how to transfer data from one SD Card to another SD Card.


Important Note!

Need: Two compatible SD cards or SDHC cards
Need: An SD Card slot on a PC or Mac or a commercially available SD card reader/writer
Do Not: Alter, move, or erase files in the Nintendo 3DS folder.
Do Not: Overwrite data by recopying to the same SD card.

What to do:
Insert the SD card with the Nintendo 3DS data into the SD card slot or the SD card reader/writer.
Open Windows Explorer (for PC) or Finder (for Mac) and access the SD card.
Highlight the data and drag it to the desktop.
Eject the first SD card.
Insert the second SD card into the slot or reader/writer.
Using Windows Explorer or Finder, locate and access the SD card again.
Drag the data from the desktop to the second SD card.


Hat guide by day for the Mii Plaza.

Our good friend UncleSporky decided to focus his anger at the GFAQ hat list and reorder it by date:

Day 01 Super Mushroom Hat
Day 01 1-Up Mushroom Hat
Day 01 Fire Flower Hat
Day 01 Super Star Hat
Day 02 Isabelle Hat
Day 02 Wedding Veil
Day 02 Jack-o'-Lantern Hat
Day 02 Santa Hat
Day 03 Cowboy Hat
Day 03 Bovine Skull Hat
Day 03 Lion Hat
Day 03 T. Rex Hat
Day 04 Link's Costume
Day 04 Princess Zelda Wig
Day 04 Sheik Mask
Day 04 Chicken Hat
Day 05 Rhythm Monkey Hat
Day 05 Strawberry Hat
Day 05 Pineapple Hat
Day 05 Moai Hat
Day 06 Donkey Kong Set
Day 06 Diddy Kong Hat
Day 06 Barrel Hat
Day 06 Palm Tree Hat
Day 07 Meta Knight Hat
Day 07 Captain Falcon Hat
Day 07 Ice Hockey Hat
Day 07 Spartan Helmet
Day 08 Mario Set
Day 08 Luigi Set
Day 08 Green Shell Hat
Day 08 Red Shell Hat
Day 09 Tom Nook Hat
Day 09 Elephant Hat
Day 09 Whale Hat
Day 09 Bird's Nest Hat
Day 10 Olimar Hat
Day 10 Rupee Hat
Day 10 Treasure Chest Hat
Day 10 UFO Hat
Day 11 Goomba Hat
Day 11 Cheep-Cheep Hat
Day 11 Spiny Hat
Day 11 Lakitu Hat
Day 12 Ice Climber Hat
Day 12 Eggplant Hat
Day 12 Glove Hat
Day 12 Windmill Hat
Day 13 Yoshi Set
Day 13 Yoshi Egg Hat
Day 13 Peach's Castle Hat
Day 13 Apple Hat
Day 14 Doctor's Hat
Day 14 Caffe Latte Hat
Day 14 Black Tea Hat
Day 14 Tomato Pasta Hat
Day 15 Demon Doctor's Hat
Day 15 Sushi Hat
Day 15 Geisha Hat
Day 15 Castle Hat
Day 16 Falco Hat
Day 16 Wolf Hat
Day 16 Steak Hat
Day 16 Baguette Hat
Day 17 Waddle Dee Hat
Day 17 King Dedede Hat
Day 17 Yarn Kirby Hat
Day 17 Fluff Hat
Day 18 Tanooki Mario Set
Day 18 Bowser's Doomship Hat
Day 18 Frog Hat
Day 18 Pyramid Hat
Day 19 Tingle Hat
Day 19 Fried Chicken Hat
Day 19 French Fries Hat
Day 19 Curry Hat
Day 20 Fox Luigi Set
Day 20 Wiggler Hat
Day 20 POW Block Hat
Day 20 Goal Castle Hat
Day 21 Gamecube Hat
Day 21 Nintendo 64 Hat
Day 21 SNES Hat
Day 21 Super Famicom Hat
Day 22 Nintendo DS Hat
Day 22 GB Advance Hat
Day 22 Virtual Boy Hat
Day 22 Game Boy Hat
Day 23 Disk-kun Hat
Day 23 R.O.B. Hat
Purchasing Streetpass Battle Monarch's Castle Hat
Purchasing Streetpass Force Mii Force Helmet
Purchasing Streetpass Garden Floral Headdress
Purchasing Streetpass Labyrinth Smiling Spook Hat
Registering 20 Flowers in the Notebook in Streetpass Garden Flower Master Hat
Updating to ver. 3.0/3.1 Pixel Mario Hat
Completing Floor 50 in Streetpass Labyrinth Daemon King Hat
Completing stage 5-3 in Streetpass Force Squad Leader's Ship
Conquering 20 countries in Streetpass Battle Emperor's Crown

AbsoluteZero

I don't get the Days thing with the hats. I thought you got hats from beating Find Mii a ridiculous number of times?

skeldare

AbsoluteZero wrote: »

I don't get the Days thing with the hats. I thought you got hats from beating Find Mii a ridiculous number of times?

There was an update that added additional hats that you can buy with points you get from the other various streetpass games.

AbsoluteZero

Oh. I haven't purchased any of the additional streetpass games because, well, fuck that. I get maybe 1 street pass a week and I live in a large city. Not worth it. I'd have never known.

In the several years I've owned a 3DS I only just beat Find Mii for the first time literally 2 days ago.

jothki

All of the daily puzzles are now out for Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy.

Kalnaur

AbsoluteZero wrote: »

Oh. I haven't purchased any of the additional streetpass games because, well, fuck that. I get maybe 1 street pass a week and I live in a large city. Not worth it. I'd have never known.

In the several years I've owned a 3DS I only just beat Find Mii for the first time literally 2 days ago.

I've had my 3DS XL since about December 2013, and I have yet to get past the third room on find Mii.

maximumzero

I've beaten both quests of Find Mii multiple times but I still don't have all the hats. I'll have to find a walkthrough and make a checklist one of these days.

Kalnaur

I get the feeling if I lived in a place where I had (A) more people overall and/or (B) more of a reason to walk hither and yon, I'd have played more of the Mii centered games on the 3DS.

maximumzero

If you ever go in a McDonalds, Best Buy, Home Depot, or any other retail establishment that offers AT&T as their hotspot service, you'll get streetpasses.

I make it a point to pass by Best Buy at least once a week for a few streetpasses, and the Wal-Mart I visit most often is right next to a Home Depot, where I often pick up a few streetpasses while parking.

I got a streetpass while out at lunch today, I think from the cashier at Jimmy Johns, but I'm not entirely sure.

HallowedFaith

I get Streetpasses when I got to the VA Hospital, and I am there once a week. Always fills it up.

TDawg

The Mii-focused 3DS games are all pretty cool for what they are, but work much better if you have a dense population, or a widely used public transportation system. Like in Japan. Weird.

Cantido

As an overseas American, Amazon and Nintendo hate freedom because they wont sell me a New Nintendo 3DS.

maximumzero

I may as well repost this:



I'd pay Nintendo up to $300 for this package if they offered it to their US audience.

Maz-

This is a day late, but the 3DS turned 4 years old yesterday (in Japan, at least). Happy birthday, you inanimate object, you!

Heatwave

Maz- wrote: »

This is a day late, but the 3DS turned 4 years old yesterday (in Japan, at least). Happy birthday, you inanimate object, you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfTgxrxL9ug

So what are people's though on the New 3DS C-stick? I found it a little strange due it it's size when I tested it.

TimFiji

It felt weird at first like the old mouse-nubs on laptops (pointing stick?), but I've really taken to it and love it for Monster Hunter. I use it in smash, too.

Maytag

I think the c-stick is alright for the most part, except for one issue i keep having.

Whenever my finger/hands get a little clammy, the c-stick hardly seems to respond to my touch.

This is especially bad cause it almost always happens when i'm fighting a monster in MH. I then end up having to use the L targeting or my nails on the stick until I get a moment to do something about it.

wunderbar

yea I was really uneasy about the c-stick since I've always hated the nubs on laptops, but this one seems to work reasonably well, and in all honesty without compromising the ergonomics of the device or having to really redesign it it was probably about the best they could do.

Venture Industry

It took me a couple of years to beat Find Mii even with using tokens because of that dastardly dark room. But Street Pass is like this extra incentive to bring my 3DS along on various trips (errands, grocery shopping etc) for the thrill of maybe getting a pass.

Man of the Waves

Who has successfully transferred their old data to a micro SD card larger than 32 gig and used it with the New 3DSXL?

I've tried three cards, but the console doesn't see any of them? I'm stuck with a 16 gig card that barely holds my games.

skeldare

Man of the Waves wrote: »

Who has successfully transferred their old data to a micro SD card larger than 32 gig and used it with the New 3DSXL?

I've tried three cards, but the console doesn't see any of them? I'm stuck with a 16 gig card that barely holds my games.

I have. Did you format the card to FAT32 on a PC first?

vamen

@vagrant_winds - I have to give you props again for suggestion Etrian Odyssey Untold. It is rapidly becoming my favorite 3ds game of all time. Possibly my favorite first person dungeon crawler.

Brainleech

Venture Industry wrote: »

It took me a couple of years to beat Find Mii even with using tokens because of that dastardly dark room. But Street Pass is like this extra incentive to bring my 3DS along on various trips (errands, grocery shopping etc) for the thrill of maybe getting a pass.

I take my 3ds with me to work and errands but it took me I think 2 months to beat find me since I was not bothering with streetpassing until like a month or 2 after I got the machine

skeldare

vamen wrote: »

vagrant_winds - I have to give you props again for suggestion Etrian Odyssey Untold. It is rapidly becoming my favorite 3ds game of all time. Possibly my favorite first person dungeon crawler.

You'll undoubtably enjoy Untold 2 when it comes out too then

wunderbar

Venture Industry wrote: »

It took me a couple of years to beat Find Mii even with using tokens because of that dastardly dark room. But Street Pass is like this extra incentive to bring my 3DS along on various trips (errands, grocery shopping etc) for the thrill of maybe getting a pass.

Dark rooms are a bitch, but there's a relatively easy way to get past them, and the only time I ever use play coins in Find Mii. You can use play coins to hire old heroes (i.e. people you've streetpassed with in the past). Hire two that have white shirts, even if they're level 1 two together will get rid of the darkness and let you continue. I think this is only the case with Find Mii 2 though. With the first Find Mii game I don't think you can so you'll just have to hire wandering heroes and pray you get two white shirts in a row.


Also, yea Streetpass has been super effective over the years in making sure I take my 3DS with me almost everywhere. Smart move by Nintendo doing it. The puzzle pieces. Gotta catch em' all.....

McFlynn

When I was attending a large university, I got most of my streetpasses from the Math building and Physics building. neeeeeerds

Now I'm at a smaller private college. I got zero streetpasses my first semester and just stopped trying.

Man of the Waves

skeldare wrote: »

Man of the Waves wrote: »

Who has successfully transferred their old data to a micro SD card larger than 32 gig and used it with the New 3DSXL?

I've tried three cards, but the console doesn't see any of them? I'm stuck with a 16 gig card that barely holds my games.

I have. Did you format the card to FAT32 on a PC first?

Yes.

Both my computers only offer exFAT, so I tried a couple different programs mentioned in guides to format to FAT32.


Which brand/model card are you using?

TimFiji

I teach at magnet school with about 250 kids. A good 30+ have 3dss. We all nerds.

Handsome Costanza

maximumzero wrote: »

If you ever go in a McDonalds, Best Buy, Home Depot, or any other retail establishment that offers AT&T as their hotspot service, you'll get streetpasses.

I make it a point to pass by Best Buy at least once a week for a few streetpasses, and the Wal-Mart I visit most often is right next to a Home Depot, where I often pick up a few streetpasses while parking.

I got a streetpass while out at lunch today, I think from the cashier at Jimmy Johns, but I'm not entirely sure.

So that's why I suddenly had a ton of street passes after walking into Best Buy. I thought a multicultural tour group passed by my house.

Venture Industry

Don't give up! You'll find that one random person who also has one and be able to send short messages randomly to them.

cloudeagle

More specifically, you'll get up to six streetpasses. Just randomly stopping into McDonald's now and again has let me get all the puzzle pieces/finish all the Find Mii games.

Brainleech

I get streetpasses all the time from Japan and some south and central American counties
I have no idea why

Now Mc'ds here is pretty much a given for street passing but Home Depot and Best Buy are not? I have no idea why

Brainleech

It's fun to get those non messages when you streetpass other than generic greetings I find it funny when people will get my Wizards Only Ful
My brother has DFTBA
I might change mine to Die Laughing but I will probably be forced to change it

cloudeagle

Brainleech wrote: »

I get streetpasses all the time from Japan and some south and central American counties
I have no idea why

Now Mc'ds here is pretty much a given for street passing but Home Depot and Best Buy are not? I have no idea why

The Best Buy closest to me is notorious for having bad wifi. And sometimes the wifi will be up but broken.

Your Home Depot doesn't work for streetpasses? I went there a lot last year during home renovations and I was practically drowning in them.

skeldare

Man of the Waves wrote: »

skeldare wrote: »

Man of the Waves wrote: »

Who has successfully transferred their old data to a micro SD card larger than 32 gig and used it with the New 3DSXL?

I've tried three cards, but the console doesn't see any of them? I'm stuck with a 16 gig card that barely holds my games.

I have. Did you format the card to FAT32 on a PC first?

Yes.

Both my computers only offer exFAT, so I tried a couple different programs mentioned in guides to format to FAT32.


Which brand/model card are you using?

I'm currently using a SanDisk Ultra 64GB MicroSDXC card.

wunderbar

Brainleech wrote: »

I get streetpasses all the time from Japan and some south and central American counties
I have no idea why

Now Mc'ds here is pretty much a given for street passing but Home Depot and Best Buy are not? I have no idea why

You get streetpasses because of the places that have the streetpass relay like the McDonalds. They randomly pair people up. Most of the time I get streetpasses from my country (canada) but every so often I'll get one from Russia, etc.

Madican

I guess I'll have to start bringing my 3DS with me when shopping.

BronzeKoopa

If your computer's OS can't reformat SD cards to FAT32 try using the SD Formatter application:

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/

Nintendo's support webpage recommends using this program, since it's apparently the "official" way to format SD Cards.

When formatting, choose the "FULL (OverWrite)" option.

vamen

skeldare wrote: »

vamen wrote: »

vagrant_winds - I have to give you props again for suggestion Etrian Odyssey Untold. It is rapidly becoming my favorite 3ds game of all time. Possibly my favorite first person dungeon crawler.

You'll undoubtably enjoy Untold 2 when it comes out too then

That Etrian Mystery Dungeon looks a fair bit different from this one, but it looks like it might be up my alley as well.
Is Untold 2 another remake?

Brainleech

No on my walks to work I get the odd streetpasses from japan and mexico and such
It's no where near a Mc'd or ATT Wifi so I have no idea why I am getting them

skeldare

vamen wrote: »

skeldare wrote: »

vamen wrote: »

vagrant_winds - I have to give you props again for suggestion Etrian Odyssey Untold. It is rapidly becoming my favorite 3ds game of all time. Possibly my favorite first person dungeon crawler.

You'll undoubtably enjoy Untold 2 when it comes out too then

That Etrian Mystery Dungeon looks a fair bit different from this one, but it looks like it might be up my alley as well.
Is Untold 2 another remake?

Untold 2 is a remake of Etrian Odyssy 2.